Comparison

History vs Nerdish

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

History

Explore historical events that occurred on this day. Access information from diverse global sources and languages, with options to personalize the app's appearance. Tap on any event for further details and related links.

Highlights
  • Chronological daily events
  • Multiple language sources
  • Browse events with navigation
  • Tap for more event information
  • Select preferred languages
  • Personalize theme color
Features
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Chronological events which happened on this day in history. These events come from various sources in various languages which you can select. You can browse all events of today using the arrows buttons. If you are interested in further information regarding a particular event, simply tap on the text and you get related links for that event. There are many sources for events from all over the world in many different languages. Choose all you are interested in. Current sources include: - Wikipedia in many languages: Added following language: Afrikaans Alemannisch Aragonés Asturianu Авар Español Eesti Euskara Estremeñu Suomi Võro Føroyskt Français Arpetan Furlan Frysk Gaeilge Gagauz Gàidhlig Galego Bahasa Hulontalo Gaelg Fiji Hindi Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar İnterlingua Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Igbo Ilokano Ido Íslenska İtaliano Basa Jawa Kalaallisut Ripoarisch Kurdî Коми Latina Lëtzebuergesch Limburgs Lumbaart Lietuvių Latviešu Basa Banyumasan Malagasy Олык марий Македонски Монгол Bahasa Melayu Эрзянь Nāhuatl Napulitano Plattdüütsch Nedersaksies Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk Nouormand Sesotho sa Leboa Occitan Livvinkarjala Kapampangan Polski Português Runa Simi Română Русский Русиньскый Саха тыла Sicilianu Scots Davvisámegiella Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Shqip Српски / srpski Basa Sunda Svenska Kiswahili Türkçe Türkmençe Tagalog Татарча/tatarça Українська West-Vlams Volapük Walon Winaray Хальмг You can select the language also theme color to personalize

About

Nerdish

Expand your general knowledge with concise, engaging articles on diverse topics like science, history, and art. Designed for busy adults, this app delivers quick, fact-checked reads in 5-10 minutes daily to foster lifelong learning and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Concise articles on science, history, art, and more
  • Daily 5-10 minute learning sessions
  • Fact-checked and well-structured content
  • Connects key ideas for deeper understanding
  • Topics include psychology, technology, and daily life
Features
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Nerdish is a learning app that helps you grow your general knowledge. The articles inside are our own — written to show you things you'd never thought to look up, feed your curiosity, and help you learn more about the world. You can read them or listen to them, and most take about ten minutes: why people like spicy food, what Nefertiti actually looked like, how the internet crosses oceans. What's inside: - Articles we write ourselves. Each one starts with a question our editors find interesting, and gets researched properly before it's written. - Topics from the life around you. Sleep, coffee, déjà vu, the internet, Nefertiti — things you pass by every day without wondering about them. - Our own writing framework. It keeps every article interesting and concise, but still genuinely educational — a lot of thought went into getting all three at once. - Built as microlearning for adults. Short chapters of a couple of minutes each, designed to fit a phone screen and a busy day. - Audio for everything. Read it, listen to it, or follow the text while it plays. - Historical photographs, archive material and artwork alongside the text, with facts and details in the margins. - A wide range of subjects, from the human body to ancient history — and the connections between them. We built Nerdish for people who: - would rather spend phone time on something better than socials. Same ten minutes, different outcome. - enjoy learning random things for no particular reason. Curiosity doesn't need a goal attached to it. - want to stay mentally sharp. Reading something unfamiliar is a small habit that keeps the mind working. - want to find their way back to reading. Short pieces are easier to start with than a book you've been meaning to open for months. - want to have more to say — about art, history, or why the sky is blue. Why it works: There's no way to measure general knowledge and no point where you have enough. But it's what you're using when you read the news, or decide whether something sounds true, or find a solution that came from somewhere unrelated. Hardly any of us sets out to work on our knowledge. Nobody ever taught us how — there's no course in general knowledge, nowhere obvious to begin. So it stays on the list of things you'd like to do. Nerdish works because the mechanism is already there. Curiosity is what built your general knowledge in the first place, and it doesn't need much — an interesting question and ten minutes. And knowledge doesn't stay in separate piles. We write science with its history in it, history with its culture, and culture with the people behind it — nothing is only about one thing. Pick a topic, read or listen, learn something you'd never thought to look up. That's how general knowledge grows. Learn with us about: - Health and the human body: sleep, memory, ageing, and how the body actually works. - History: ancient empires, revolutions, great discoveries, and the people who changed things. - Science and technology: space, evolution, physics, AI, inventions, and everyday phenomena explained properly. - Daily things: why déjà vu happens, how coffee was discovered, where common ideas come from. - Art and culture: painting, music, architecture, design, literature, and the movements behind them. - Food: where dishes come from and why we like what we like. - Famous people: the lives behind the names. Welcome to being Nerdish with us! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

History4 screens
Nerdish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: History at none against Nerdish's 5. Nerdish's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nerdish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. History asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for History against 4.8 for Nerdish. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.8K and 2.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of History's written reviews are positive against 60% of Nerdish's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

History ships an update every 7 months, Nerdish every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
History versus Nerdish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHistoryNerdish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings)4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better2.7K
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#78 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperUniCom TechnologyNerdish OU

Customer experience

History

All ratings2,725 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative39.3%

Nerdish

All ratings2,667 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.4%
Negative27.6%

User reviews

History

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great reference for history
  • 🚀 Lots of information
  • 💡 Linked to Wikipedia for more details
  • 👍 Informative and educational

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🕰️ Dates are consistently a month behind
  • 🔍 Lacking detailed information, just links to Wikipedia
  • 🔍 Inaccurate or inappropriate images paired with content

Nerdish

From 2.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Interesting and informative content
  • 📚 Wide range of topics
  • 🤓 Helpful for learning and expanding knowledge
  • 🕰️ Bite-sized, easy to read articles
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription cost is too high
  • 📢 Too many ads disrupting the reading experience
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality
  • 📝 Poor proofreading and editing of articles
  • 🔒 Issues with account access and login

Bugs and requests

History

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Incorrect or outdated information displayed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save favorite events or dates
  • Option to view events for different dates, not just today
  • Improved user interface and readability
  • Inclusion of death events/information

Nerdish

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incomplete articles with missing content
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Subscription issues and billing problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add audio narration option
  • Implement bookmarking and note-taking features
  • Improve search and filtering capabilities
  • Provide more free content without ads

In-app purchases

None

History

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Nerdish

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Nerdish Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Easy Quarterly Plan$11.993 Months
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  • Nerdish Annual Special$29.991 Year
  • Nerdish Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is History free?
History is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nerdish free?
Nerdish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, History or Nerdish?
Nerdish is rated higher. History averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Nerdish averages 4.8 from 2.7K ratings.
Do History or Nerdish have ads?
History shows ads; Nerdish does not.
Which is updated more often, History or Nerdish?
History ships an update every 7 months, and Nerdish every 5 days. Most recently, History was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nerdish on October 27, 2026.

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